WERNER
In the Winter of 1849-50, John WERNER sold out his interest in the firm of
T. Weston & Co., at Necedah, and, in 1856, located at the present village
of Werner, in Germantown, and subsequently became its original proprietor.
The first settlement made in the village of Germantown was in 1848, by Uriah
HILL and Usal V. JEFFREYS, for T. Weston & Co. The shanties and other
improvements were situated on the present site of that village. In 1851,
Messrs. Weston & Co. sold all that part of their claim to Walter B. GAGE
and Jacob GUNDLACH. The land was purchased from the Government in the Fall
of 1852, and subsequently Messrs. Gage and Gundlach laid out and platted
the village of Germantown. In 1856, Messrs. William & D. R. W. WILLIAMS
purchased an interest from Mr. Werner, and erected a saw-mill at that place.
This property has changed hands several times, and is now owned by McQueen,
Davis & Co. In 1859, Mr. Werner built another saw-mill a short distance
below the village, and in 1860, sold it to its present proprietor, Mr. J.
ARNOLD. Michael BANFIELD and Frank CANFIELD made the first settlement in
the town of Armenia, near Cranberry Creek, on the road leading from Necedah
up the river.
Source: History of Northern Wisconsin. Publisher: Western Historical Co.,
Chicago 1881 p. 394